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Pschology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Major Depression Disorder | A Mood disorder AKA MDD AKA Common Cold . Symptoms include Down Cast mood, changes in appetite and sleep patterns, loss of interest |
| Bi Polar Disorder | Moods Disorder in which mood alternates between two extreme poles |
| Obsesessive Compulsive Disorder | Anxiety disorder that maybe at least temporarily relieved by performance of the compulsion. Recurrent Obsessions/ Repetitive behaviors that persons feel compelled to perform. |
| Borderline Personality Disorder | A Personality disorder characterized by failure to develop a stable self image by a pattern of tumultuous moods and stormy relationships with others . Also has trouble with impulsive behaviors. Cuts oneself.. |
| Anti Social Disorder | A personality disorder indicated by a pattern of antisocial and irresponsible behavior . A flagrant disregard for the interest of feelings of others , lack of remorse for wrong doing. |
| Paranoid Schizophrenia | A type of schizophrenia characterized primarily by delusions-commonly persecution-and by vivid hullucinations |
| Conversion Disorder | A type of Somataform Disorder. A rare disorder characterized by a major change in or loss of . Coverts the mental problem into a physicalproblem |
| Post Traumatic Stress Disorder | PTSD can be a time lapsed reaction. Anxiety related symptoms. Sleep problems, irritable, outburst, difficulty focusing, extreme vigilance, exaggerated startle to noise |
| Acute Stress Disorder | ASD Feeling on anxiety and helplessness during the 1st mnth following exposure to an traumadic event, can turn into PTSD |
| Panic Disorder | Anxiety that originaly is brought on randomly. Eventually assoc by cues. Feels like heart attack. Short breathe, nausea, sweating, numbness, chilling, losing control, going crazy etc |
| Specified Phobia | Anxiety - Excessive fear of particular objects or situations |
| Psycho dynamic / Psychoanalysis | Therapy Psychodynamic (Modern) Briefer, more direct, f2f, focuses on defenses & transference Psychoanalysis - therapy that takes time, ex free assoc, dream analiyss |
| Cognitive Theory | Therapy that focus on how clients cognition's lead to distress and may be modified to relieve distress & promote adaptive bahvior |
| Humanastic Theory | Theory that people are capable of free choice, self full fillment & ethical behavior ex: self actualisation |
| Delusion | False unshakable beliefs |
| Hullucination | Sensory experiences without the stimuli: Hearing voices, seeing things that are not there |
| Cancer stats for women | Diag of cancer all sites :1/3, diag breast 1/7. Lung cancer death higher than breast cancer. |
| Factors that contribute to heart disease | Age & family history. Phsiological condition, lifestyle factors, type of behavior, negative emotion, job strain |
| Criteria for determining Abnormal behavior | Unusualness, Faulty perception and interpretation, significant personal distress, self defeating, Dangerous, Social unacceptability |
| Widely used treatment for Alcohol Dependancy | cognitive behavior treatment AA |
| Negative symptoms and side effects of drugs | Heart attack, nervouse system issues, death, memory loss, nervous/jitters, kidney failure, depression |
| Leading cause of death in the U.S | Heart Disease |
| Self Esteem | Self approval Ones self respect |
| Self Concept | Perception of oneself Includes Self esteem and Ones ideals |
| Examples of Stimulants | Nicotine, cocaine, LSD, Amphetamine, Ecstasy |
| Ex: of Opionids | Meth, Herion, Morphine |
| Tolerance | A bodies habituation to a drug |
| Substance abuse | A cont use of a drug despite the knowledge that it is dangerous |
| Substance dependance | Shown by signs such as withdraw, tolerance and persistance |
| Bulimia Nervosa | Eating disorder : Binge eating, purging, and ove rconcern of body weight & shape |
| Anorexia Nervosa | Fear of weight gain, Abnormal weight loss, Distorted body image , lack of menestruation |
| Autonomic Nervous sytstem | Part of the nervous system that regulates glands and involuntary activities such as heartbeat , digestion, respiration, pupils |
| State Anxiety | A temp condition of anxiety that may be attributed to a specific condition |
| Trait Anxiety | Anxiety represented as a persistent trait |
| Sympathetic Division | A division in the ANS that is active during the bodies response to anxiety/fear. It exhaust the energy reserves |
| Parasympathetic Division | The division of the ANS that is most active during processes that restore the bodies reserve of energy, such as digestion |
| Insomnia | A disorder characterized by persistent difficulty in falling or remainigasleep |
| How long do most ppl sleep | 6hrs or less.Recommended 7-9 hrs |
| How many Americans are overweights | 2 out of 3 adults |
| Aerobic -vs- Anaerobic excercise | Aerobic requires sustained increase in oxygen consumption (Riding, biking etc) Anaerobic does not (weightlifting) |
| Sympathetic division | The division of the ANS is most active during the bodies activities and emotional responses such as anxiety and fear. It spends the bodys energy reserves |
| High Density Lipods HDL | Good Cholesterol that helps sweep away artery blocking fat deposits |
| Low Density Lipods LDL | harmful form of blood cholesterol |
| Factors that contribute to health/Illness by catagory | Biological, Psychological & Culteral domain & interactions |
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